A “ Aye i gt - 1G “ ee ee SOLUTION GUIDE Unlock{the}secret!]bea io Cede Cont RUBIK'S CUBE DEFINITIONS OF RUBIK'S CUBE PIECES EDGE PIECES PIECES WITH TWO (2) COLORS. THERE ARE TWELVE (12) EDGE PIECES LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE ROWS. CORNER PIECES PIECES WITH THREE (3) COLORS. THERE ARE EIGHT (8) CORNER PIECES LOCATED ON THE CORNERS. CENTER PIECES PIECES WITH ONE (1) COLOR. THERE ARE SIX (6) CENTER PIECES LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF EACH SIDE, CENTER PIECES DO NOT MOVE AND REPRESENT THE COLOR CENTER PIECE COLORS ARE ALWAYS OPPOSITE EACH OTHER: * (OIG OPPOSITE (alow © @ANEG OPPOSITE BED © GREE) OPPOSITE EME 5EACH SIDE OF THE CUBE i rar v Ash R= Right Face - Right side of the cube te L = Left Face - Left side of the cube Ap U= Up Face = - Topside of the cube ee D= Down Face - Beton det the cube FE F = Front Face - Front side of the cube & B= Back Face - Back side of the cube ca A letter with an "E)” after it means an inverted or counter-clockwise move when looking at the face directly. VERY IMPORTANT When maKing the moves below hold your cube full-face front with logo on top as shown. Dark grey on the pictures means the color does not matter. Each move is a 1/4 turn rotation. oe a RE See eS eeHolding Your Cube: ai your cube with the white center piece on the top (UU) Face, you must create a white cross as shown to the right. Much of this level is achieved with practice and by trial and error..but we do have some tips. * Be sure to solve the sections of the white cross in the following order - blue, orange, green, red. ¢ Notice the EDGE PIECE COLORS above match the top white center piece and the tide red and blue center pieces. This is how we Know the edge pieces are in the correct positions. « Keeping the white center piece on top, move the blue/white edge to the bottom (D) face, then rotate it on the bottom until it is dreely ante the blue center piece. Now hold your cube so the blue center piece and blue/white edge piece are on the right (R) face. Rotate the right (R) face Wi if) until the blue/white edge piece is on the top (U) face and above the blue center piece. * If your cube looks like this, hold your cube so the ia orange center piece is on the right (R) face and start solving the side with the orange center piece the same way as stated above. + If your cube looks like this, do the sequence below maKing sure the blue center piece is on the right (R) Face.Holding Your Cube: With the white cross on top (UU) face, you must solve the white corner pieces. * Corner pieces will have one white side plus 2 other colors. « If the corner piece is already on the bottom (D) face, then rotate the bottom (D) face until the corner is directly below its intended Iocation. Once in that position, your cube may look like any one of ‘the 4 pictures on the right. THEN do the sequence below 1X, 2X or 3X or UNTIL it is in the correct position Ey a Fey GOP GU Gil GL We « Repeat this process for all four corners. i « If the corner piece is on the top (Ul) face, move it to the bottom (D) face by doing: HER WW NOW rotate the bottom (D) Face UNTIL the corner is directly below its intended top (Ul) Face location,Holding Your Cube: With the COMPLETED WHITE LAYER on the BOTTOM, now you have to solve the middle layer, which means positioning the ‘edge pieces’ in the correct place. + Notice the vertical row of blue (this could be red, orange, green) - THIS IS CRITICAL! * Create a vertical line by rotating the top (U1) Face until the front. cect tereigs pes to Bare shee ellen ea matches a side center piece. The color on the edge piece's top (ll) face will determine the direction the edge piece should move. 1) If you're moving the edge piece in the same direction as indicated in the picture, then follow the sequential moves pictured below: Sha heeee Se ee ee indicated in the picture, then follow the sequential moves pictured below. ca Se a a Continue these noth until all om aie mice are in the correct position. \NOTE. If one of the edge pieces is already in the middle row, but in the wrong position, then do either one of the sequential moves, and it will move to the top layer. Then you can do the appropriate sequential moves to position it in the correct location of the middle layer.Holding Your Cube: 1) Match the yellow pattern on the top (U) face of your cube to one of the yellow patterns shown on the cubes below. 2) Then follow the correct sequence. * Yellow edge pieces on the top (ll) face do NOT need to match on the side pieces... yetl I* Step : MaKe a yellow cross State 1 Proceed to the 2"! Step on the next page. ous Ga £22 Whe Fy a a US GL Se Ge Ga Then match the result to State 3 or 4, hold the cube to match that State and do that sequence. 1 OS BREESOLVE THE TOP LAYER... CET ALL THE YELLOW ON TOP 2™ Step: Make all the corners yellow NOW, look at the top (U) Face and match your top (U) face to one of the states below Html leah oy State L. If No Corner Cubes are Yellow on the top (U) Face, you must have Yellow Left Corner on Left, Face as shown State 2 Lf One Corner Cube is Yellow match your top (Ul) face as shown and do the sequence below, State 3. Lf Any Two Corner Cubes are Yellow don't worry about their You MUST match the front (F) face with a Yellow Left Corner as shown. Do this sequence |, 2 or 3 times to achieve a complete yellow top (Ul) face. After each sequence. orient the cube to REMATCH the top (U) face to the appropriate state and repeat the sequence until all corners are yellow. Se Oe ae eeHolding Your Cube: 1) While holding cube as shown, NOW twist the top (Ul) face until at least 2 corners are in the right location. 2 corners MUST be in the right location as A, B or A, D or B, C as shown below. If all 4 corners are in the right place then proceed to 2nd step on next page. 1* Step: Position yellow corners correctly While holding your cube as shown above, look at the top (ll) face. Place the 2 correct corners in the back A, B or diagonally A, D or B.C across from each other. teat betes If Corners A and B are in the right place then to switch C and D, do the sequence below: ee Saanee cal corners Une Band Coe D and 2 then do the sequence once. Then, orient the cube so the 2 correct corners are in the back and do the sequence again.2" Step: Position yellow edges correctly Tf | edge is correct and 3 edges are GIAESE incorrect orient the culbe go the face EPS with the correct edge is the back (B) ~ face. Then, determine if the edge pieces need to move clockwise or counter-clocKwise and do the correct sequence below. IF all 4 edges are incorrect, then do either sequence below once, and then determine what direction the three edge pieces need to move and do the correct sequence below. To cycle E F G Clockwise or E F G H Clockwise AReaee PaeRae To cycle EF G Counter-ClocKwise or E F G H Counter-Clockwise LL naan?Now you CAN do the Rea cal Multicolored Cross Holding the solved cube full front do the following sequence: SS Ee SSeG88 re In The Middle _— Fun Facts! If you made a single turn of one of the Cuber faces every second. it would take you 1400. million years to go through all the posrible configurations, (By way of comparison, the universe itself is only IY thousand million years old) The mort expensive Rubik'r Cube was the Masterpiece Cube. produced by Diamond Cutters International in 1995, This actual size, Fully-functional cube features 225 carats of amethyst, 34 carats of rubler. and 34 carats of emeralds, all set in 18-carat gold, and was valued at approximately 15 million US dollars. Movie star Will Smith solved the Rubiks Cube in the 2006 motion picture, Pursuit of Happyness, but before that he could be seen solving the cube in a 1993 epitode of hit television sitcom Fresh Prince of Bel Air, when hit character is interviewed by the Director of Admissions of Princeton University. The largest Rubik's Cube was built, by Daniel Urlings of Luxemburg. It could contain 64 normal sized Rubiks Cuber. More than 300 million Rubiks Cubes have been sold worldwide. If all the cubes were placed on top of each other they would reach the top of Mount. Everect, twice!4 Earn prizes Start a club Print certificates jst ofo) EMO LoCo) ,” bola LAN tS CE Ue Shy Thank you Tyson Mao, Jasmine Lee and Dan Harris for your inspiration to this guide. Prizes and products may vary from those pictured. © 2008 Seven Towns Limited. Rubik’s® is a registered trademark of Seven Towns, Ltd. London, England.